A pair of Ibejis, flat round bases, short legs, very slender upper body and arms, long hands, lying flat against the thighs, the carved backbone straight and well emphasized, as well as the genitalia and the chest of the male and the date-shaped breasts of the female, narrow and straight shoulders, long neck, the mouth very pointed downwards, the nose with a broad, flat tip, the ears are attached closely to the head and have the particular shape of the Igbomina Ibejis from Esie, the eyes are rhomboidal, bulging and bordered all around, broad scarification marks on chins and forehead, the hair-style is high and swept back to form a chignon on the top of the head, black, blue and yellow pearl strings around necks and waists; shiny brown patina, the hair coloured with washing blue.

„Der Mund … nach vorn spitz zulaufend … in einer Art Schnabel geschnitzt, und der Gesamtausdruck des Gesichtes ist auch vogelkopfähnlich.“ Hanni Jantzen, 98 und Abb. 12.

Lit.: Hanni Jantzen, Ludwig Bartsch, Doppel-Leben. Ibeji. Zwillingsfiguren der Yoruba, 1993, 98 und Abb. 12.
Fausto Polo, Jean David, Catalogue of the Ibeji, 2001, 870, type A.

300 - 400,- Euro

Height: 35 cm / 34 cm
Weight: 380 g / 350 g